Pa. House committee passes legislation revising hate crimes law

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The House Judiciary's passage of four bills Wednesday likely sets up another partisan fight over LGBTQ protections.

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“We know what can happen when a population becomes the focus of hatred and blame,” said Frankel, whose Pittsburgh district is home to the October 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, the deadliest act of anti-Semitic violence in American history. The bill would also have the Pennsylvania State Police, in consultation with other agencies, develop training for officers on how to identify and report hate-based crimes.would require schools in the commonwealth to include hate-based intimidation in their conduct policies and incident reporting, and also allow for reporting of such through the state’s Safe2Say program.

Schemel explicitly tied Wednesday’s discussion to the debate over HB300 and to Republicans’ less-accepting beliefs about LGBTQ issues, describing what he said were efforts to portray as hateful those who, for instance, object to gay marriage on religious grounds.

 

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